F3E Bachelor of Fine Arts as at 14th May, 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Abbreviation: BFA
Course code: F3E
Course contact (faculty or school) (03) 6324 3624/3601 (Ltn) or (03) (03) 6226 4304 (Hbt)
Introductory comments
This on-campus 3-year (minimum) full-time course is offered by the Faculty of Arts
through the Tasmanian School of Art at Hobart and the School of Visual and Performing
Arts at Launceston. Part-time study is also available. There will be no new intake into this
course on the Launceston campus in 2002. New students at Launceston wishing to
undertake study in Fine Arts enrol in the Bachelor of Contemporary Arts (see page B-xx).
Admission & prerequisites
All applicants will be required to submit a portfolio of recent art work (which may include
slides, photographs or video) and attend an interview. Where there are circumstances
which prevent an applicant attending for interview, a brief statement outlining interest in
the course, including any relevant experience or qualifications, should also be provided,
including a portfolio of recent artwork. It is a distinct advantage for applicants to have
completed TCE Art, Craft & Design or have equivalent experience and/or qualifications,
since admission is competitive.
Course objectives
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is designed to give students a broad visual arts education and to
offer them a wide range of possible disciplines in which to undertake a major program of
study. The course requires a commitment to studio-based study, and also offers a
substantial program in Art Theory, which includes studies in art and design theory. There
are opportunities for specialised study in various disciplines, all of which are informed by
a rigorous and challenging ongoing theoretical debate. Majors may be undertaken in a
range of Studio practices. Students may also choose to do an Art and Cultural Theory
major in which they specialise in units from the Art Theory program and are eligible to
enrol in a number of units cross-listed with other disciplines.
Career outcomes
Graduates from the Bachelor of Fine Arts find employment in a variety of positions within
the arts professions, including curatorial work, gallery administration, research and
teaching, as well as participating in individual and group-generated projects and studio
practice.
Course structure
Level 100
Students enrol in at least two Studio A units (2 x 25% weight), and Introduction to Art and
Design Theory 1A and 1B (2x12.5%). Additionally they enrol in a further unit from either
the Studio A or Studio B list (25%).
Studio major – level 200
Students enrol in one Studio A unit (50% weight) and make up the remaining 50% from
the level 200 schedule. This may be a multiple selection of 12.5% or 25% units or a second
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50% Studio A unit. [Note: FST200/300 Art and Design Theory 2/3 plus a further 12.5% Art
and Design Theory unit (normally taken after FST200/300) must be completed at levels
200 or 300].
Studio major – level 300
(Hobart) Students enrol in one Studio A unit (50% weight) and make up the remaining 50%
from the level 300 schedule. This may be a multiple selection of 12.5% or 25% units or a
second 50% Studio A unit.
Note: Students must complete a studio major sequence by enrolling in Studio A units at
level 100 (25%), level 200 (50%) and level 300 (50%) normally in the same studio. Students
may enrol in a level 300 Studio A unit (50%) having gained a Distinction in that same
studio in a 25% unit at level 200.
(Launceston) Students enrol in a level 300 Studio unit. The remaining 50% can be made up
with a selection of electives.
Notes:
•
Students intending to proceed beyond level 300, i.e. to honours and postgraduate
studies, will need to complete 2 semesters of level 300 Art Theory and a level 300
Studio unit.
Art and Cultural Theory major – level 200/300
(Hobart ) Students must complete:
•
a sequence of Art Theory units at levels 200 and 300 to the value of 75–100% in total;
25% of them can be taken in units which are cross-listed from other Schools (see Art
and Cultural Theory schedule of units below). At least 25% weighting of units
should be from level 300 units:
•
level 200 and/or level 300 studio-based units to the total value of 50%; and
•
level 200/300 electives to the value of 50–75%.
Dipback
Normally students complete 100% at each of levels 100, 200 and 300. Subject to Sub-Dean
approval, students are permitted to count towards their degree a ‘dipback’ of 25% in units
at a lower level.
Articulation
Students who complete the BFA with sufficient merit and who have completed 75% of Art
and Design Theory units are eligible to apply for entry into the BFA(Hons) course.
Credit
Students who are accepted for transfer from other institutions can be given status for
equivalent studies satisfactorily completed in bachelor degree programs in other
universities. Applicants who are accepted for admission, and who have satisfactorily
completed a related TAFE diploma, can be awarded status for one year or one-third of the
degree requirement.
Students who have completed another previous degree and are commencing study in the
BFA will normally be granted 25% credit towards the BFA. Credit is granted for study
completed within the past ten years; but for those seeking credit for qualifications
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completed more than ten years ago, consideration will be given to evidence of continuing
professional practice in the field.
Transfer provisions
A student successfully completing all level 100 units of the course at one campus will be
eligible to transfer to units at level 200 at the other campus with full status for level 100
units. However, they would normally only be able to enrol in major units at level 200 if
they have completed the prerequisite level 100 major unit (full year level 100 Studio for
Hobart students transferring to Launceston; semester 1 Studio Survey, full year Drawing
and semester 2 Studio for Launceston students transferring to Hobart). In exceptional
circumstances the relevant discipline head or Head of School may approve an appropriate
set of subjects to serve as a prerequisite where a stated prerequisite is not met.
Units from other courses
Students are permitted to enrol in units from another degree course to count towards the
BFA, provided that the weighting of these units totals no more than 75%, being no more
than 25% in each of years 1, 2 and 3.
Students enrolled in other courses
Students from other degree courses can take units in fine arts and performing arts.
However, many units have strict quotas. Contact the schools for details.
Schedule – Hobart
campus-sem
Unit title
weight
code
Level 100
Art and Design Theory units – compulsory
FST101
Introduction to Art H1
12.5%
and Design Theory
1A
FST102
Introduction to Art H2
12.5%
and Design Theory
1B
Choose 2 Studio A units (compulsory) AND either 1 Studio A or Studio B unit(s) or units
offered by other Schools to the value of 25%
Studio A units
FSE110
E-Media 1
H1&2
25%
FSF110
Furniture Design 1 H1&2
25%
FSG110
Graphic Design 1
H1&2
25%
FSP110
Painting 1
H1&2
25%
FSH110
Photography 1
H1&2
25%
FSR110
Printmaking 1
H1&2
25%
FSS110
Sculpture 1
H1&2
25%
Studio B units
FSC101
Introduction to
[na]
12.5%
Mould-Making 1
FSD150
Introduction to Life H1/2
12.5%
Drawing
FSD153
Media and
H1/2
12.5%
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Methods in
Drawing
FSW150
Woodskills 1A
H1&2
25%
Level 200
Where there are alternative unit codes (e.g. FST201/301) the unit may be taken either at
level 200 or level 300. When students enrol, depending on whether they wish to study a
unit as a level 200 unit or a level 300 unit, they should use the appropriate code (e.g.
FST201 is the level 200 code, and FST301 is the level 300 code).
Students choose one unit from Studio A (compulsory), and other units from Studio A, Studio B
or Art and Design Theory units to the value of 50%. Students may take units offered by another
School in the University, up to a maximum of 25% in year 2 in place of Studio B units to that
value.
Note 1: Students must complete FST200 or FST300 plus a further 12.5% Art and Design Theory
unit at level 200 or 300 (normally taken after FST200/300)
Note 2: Major Study Students must complete a sequence of Studio A units at level 100 (25%),
level 200 (50%) and level 300 (50%) normally in the same studio. Students may take a level 300
Studio A unit (50%) having gained a Distinction result in that same studio in a 25% unit at level
200.
FST200 or FST300
Art and Design
H1
12.5%
Theory 2/3
FST201 or FST301
Australian Art of
H1
12.5%
the 1970s and 1980s
FST203 or FST303
Postmodernism
H1
12.5%
and Visual Culture
FST205 or FST305
Picturing the
H1
12.5%
Wilderness
FST206 or FST306
Contemporary
H2
12.5%
Craft and Design
FST207 or FST307
Fashioning the
[na]
12.5%
Body
FST211 or FST311
Surrealist Art
H2
12.5%
Between the Wars
FST213 or FST313
Contemporary Art H2
12.5%
of the Asia-Pacific
Region
FST214 or FST314
Imaging the Body
H2
12.5%
FST215 or FST315
Electronic Media
H2
12.5%
and the Visual Arts
Studio A units
FSE210
E-Media 2
H1&2
50%
FSF210
Furniture Design 2 H1&2
50%
FSG210
Graphic Design 2
H1&2
50%
FSP210
Painting 2
H1&2
50%
FSH210
Photography 2
H1&2
50%
FSR210
Printmaking 2
H1&2
50%
FSS210
Sculpture 2
H1&2
50%
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Studio B units
FSE251 or FSE351
Digital Imaging B
H2
12.5%
FSD253 or FSD353
The Historical
H2
12.5%
Landscape
FSD255 or FSD355
Life Drawing:
H1
12.5%
Personal Project A
FSD256 or FSD356
Life Drawing:
H2
12.5%
Personal Project B
FSD257 or FSD357
Image
H1
12.5%
Development:
Personal Project A
FSD258 or FSD358
Image
H2
12.5%
Development:
Personal Project B
FSE250 or FSE350
Digital Imaging A
H1/2
12.5%
FSE251 or FSE351
Digital Imaging B
H2
12.5%
FSE253 or FSE353
WWW (World
H2
12.5%
Wide Web) Design
FSE254 or FSE354
Time-based
H1
12.5%
Multi-Media
FSE256 or FSE356
Sound A
H1
12.5%
FSE257 or FSE357
Sound B
H2
12.5%
FSE258 or FSE358
The Moving Image H1
12.5%
FSE259 or FSE359
Interactive
H2
12.5%
Installation
FSE260 or FSE360
Digital 3D
H1
12.5%
Modelling,
Scenography and
Animation
FSF250
Furniture Design
H1&2
25%
2A
FSG250
Graphic Design 2A H1&2
25%
FSH250
Photography 2A
H1&2
25%
FSP250
Painting 2A
H1&2
25%
FSR250
Printmaking 2A
H1&2
25%
FSS250
Sculpture 2A
H1&2
25%
FSW250
Woodskills 2A
H1
12.5%
FSZ250 or FSZ350
Art, Natural
H2
12.5%
Environment and
History
FSZ251 or FSZ351
Art, Natural
H1
12.5%
Environment and
Wilderness
Level 300
Students choose one unit from Studio A (compulsory), and other units from Studio A,
Studio B or Art and Design Theory units to the value of 50%. Students may take units
offered by another School in the University, up to a maximum of 25% at level 300 in place
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of Studio B units to that value.
See Notes 1 and 2 (Level 200) above.
Art and Design Theory units
See Art and Design Theory units (year 2) above
Studio A units
FSE310
E-Media 3
H1&2
50%
FSF310
Furniture Design 3 H1&2
50%
FSG310
Graphic Design 3
H1&2
50%
FSP310
Painting 3
H1&2
50%
FSH310
Photography 3
H1&2
50%
FSR310
Printmaking 3
H1&2
50%
FSS310
Sculpture 3
H1&2
50%
Studio B units
Drawing units, FSD350, 355–358 (see Level 200 listing) above
FSF350
Furniture Design
H1&2
25%
3A
FSG350
Graphic Design 3A H1&2
25%
FSH350
Photography 3A
H1&2
25%
FSP350
Painting 3A
H1&2
25%
FSR350
Printmaking 3A
H1&2
25%
FSS350
Sculpture 3A
H1&2
25%
E-Media units, FSE350, 351, 353, 354 and FSE356–360 (see Level 200 listing) above
Natural Environment and Wilderness, FSZ350 and FSZ351 (see Level 200 listing) above
Schedule – Launceston
campus-sem
Unit title
weight
code
This course is being taught out on the Launceston campus and has been replaced by the
Bachelor of Contemporary Arts.
Level 200/300
Art Theory units
FFA233 or FFA333
Professional
[na]
12.5%
Practice
FFA234 or FFA334
Gallery Studies
L4
12.5%
FFA235 or FFA335
Wilderness and
[na]
12.5%
Natural
Environment
FFA300
Research Seminar A L1&2
25%
Plus any FFA- units listed in the Theory Studies schedule of the Bachelor of Contemporary
Arts.
Studio units
FFC310
Ceramics 3
L1&2
50%
FFP310
Painting 3
L1&2
50%
FFR310
Printmedia 3
L1&2
50%
FFS310
Sculpture 3
L1&2
50%
FFX310
Textiles 3
L1&2
50%
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Elective units
Students may select elective units from level 300 units listed in schedules B, C and D of the
Bachelor of Contemporary Arts, as well as Theatre electives listed in Schedule A. (See page
B-xx).
Art and Cultural Theory – Hobart
Students wishing to undertake a major in Art and Cultural Theory select units from the
Art and Design Theory schedule and may take up to 25% from the units listed below.
campus-sem
code
Unit title
weight
HEA228 or HEA328
American
H1
12.5%
Literature and Film
HEA260 or HEA360
Critical Theory
[na]
12.5%
HGA254 or
Cultures and
[na]
12.5%
HGA354
Societies of
Southeast Asia
HEA229 or HEA329
Film Noir and
H2
12.5%
Hollywood
HMJ334
Japanese Film
[na]
12.5%
HEF330
Le grand écran:
[na]
12.5%
French Cinema
HGA273 or
Mass Media and
H2
12.5%
HGA373
Contemporary
Societies
HPA215 or HPA315
Philosophy of Art
[na]
12.5%
HPA271 or HPA371
Philosophy and the H2
12.5%
Body
HSA204 or HSA304
Politics in
H1
12.5%
Literature and Film
HEA267 or HEA367
Popular Fiction
[na]
12.5%
HEG212 or
Post-1945 German
[na]
12.5%
HEG312
Film
HPA206 or HPA306
Postmodernism
[na]
12.5%
and its Critics
HEA254 or HEA354
Power, Pleasure
[na]
12.5%
and Perversion
HGA261 or
Sociology of Nature [na]
12.5%
HGA361
FFA236 or FFA336
Thai Art and
L4
12.5%
Culture
HTA226 or
Spreading the
[na]
12.5%
HTA326
Word: A History of
Image and Text
Note: The following information is NOT included in the printed edition of the Course and
Unit Handbook
Additional Information
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The following information answers some frequently asked questions.
Note, however, details should be confirmed with the appropriate authority
Responsible faculty or school | Faculty of Arts
Campus(es) offered | Hobart | Launceston
Mode of delivery | Full time | Part time
Course duration | 3 years minimum (6 semesters) | 8 years maximum (16 semesters)
Majors and Specialisations | Hobart majors: E-media, Furniture, Design, Graphics Design,
Paiting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture
Costs (course fees only – annual) | HECS: YES | Australian residents: $3,463
Students enrolled in this course | Total students enrolled last year: 450 | Total students
enrolled this year: 411 | International students last year: 25 | International students this
year: 30
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